Help needed with xhost

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 19 February 2014, Ambrogio De Lorenzo sent:
> Ok, I understand very well every problems related to the use of root
> or administrator.
> 
> Translate to another question:
> I use a normal user, but I want to use another user for another
> program, because I don't want that the programs can access to my data.
> The program has a GUI so I need at least to permit to that user or
> that program to acquire my screen.
> This was the scope of xhost. 

It beats me why one would go through all the effort of extraordinary
measures so they can run as root, rather than just run as a user, and
use the system in a straight-forward manner.

-- 
[tim at localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64

All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point
trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
public lists.

George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not
a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments.